Proxy Statement

Proxy Statement
The SEC requires that shareholders of a company whose securities are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 receive a proxy statement prior to a shareholder meeting, whether an annual or special meeting.

A proxy statement is a statement required of a United States firm when soliciting shareholder votes. This statement is filed in advance of the annual meeting.

Proxy Statement
Material given to stockholders when the corporation solicits shareholder votes. In effect, the company seeks temporary delegation of your voting rights.

Proxy Statement
Information given to stockholders in conjunction with the solicitation of proxies.
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Proxy statement
Information that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires must be provided to shareholders before they vote by proxy on company matters.

Proxy Statement
Material information required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to be given to a corporation's stockholders as a prerequisite to solicitation of votes.

Proxy Statement
Explains a corporation's executive compensation plans.
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Proxy Statement - A document which contains a variety of corporate information such as top management pay, a five-year performance graph that compares the stock against relevant indexes, and information concerning a company's Board of Directors.

Proxy Statement
Proxy Statement - A proxy statement is a document which the Stock Exchange Committee requires a company to send to their shareholders. This document provides facts concerning matters on which shareholders have to vote.

Proxy statement: A document mailed with a proxy that gives information about the company or group seeking the proxy votes and matters scheduled for consideration at the shareholders meetings.

Proxy statement
Document intended to provide shareholders with information necessary to vote in an informed manner on matters to be brought up at a stockholders' meeting. Includes information on closely held shares.

Proxy Statement
An extensive disclosure form for important shareholder votes. ...
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PROXY STATEMENT. An SEC-required statement of information to be furnished to shareholders by those individuals soliciting shareholder proxies.
PUBLIC FLOAT. The aggregate market value of voting common stock held by nonaffiliates.

Proxy statement - includes information on the Board of Directors as well as management pay and shareholder proposals ...

Information can also usually be found in the most recent Proxy Statement (form DEF 14A), the annual report, or the 10-K filing, found on the SEC's Website. For European companies, the annual report usually provides some information.

Shareholder activism has been around for quite a while, most noticeably in the shareholder proposals that show up in proxy statements mailed to investors and filed with the SEC.

The word ""proxy"" is also investment shorthand for the proxy statement, a revealing document sent to shareholders annually that discloses what issues may be up for shareholder approval and how much top managers are paid.

When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. Companies also use this date to determine who is sent proxy statements, financial reports, ...

A change of a shareholder rights plan is usually printed in the annual proxy statement and announced publicly.

Notice of Meeting
The legal one-page notice to security holders stating the date, time and place of the shareholder meeting. This page is normally attached to the front of the proxy statement.

that the board of directors evaluate whether a board member serving simultaneously on more than two companies' boards would impair an audit member's performance; membership on different audit boards must be disclosed in the company's proxy statement.

Includes information on closely held shares. Shareholders can and often do give management their proxy, representing the right and responsibility to vote their shares as specified in the proxy statement.

Proxy Statement
Information required to be given to each shareholder as a prerequisite for solicitation of proxies for a security subject to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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proxy statement A document that the SEC requires a firm to send to its shareholders that provides... proxy vote A vote that is cast by one entity on behalf of another. In the context of securities,...

See also: Proxy, Share, Shareholder, Stock, Investment